#Just had real cover art rejected in favor of fan-made art
mortal shard
zinc bloom
There has been ongoing submissions to change this cover. However when one exists, the Steam cover art takes priority as an English Worldwide cover. That version needs to change first before any could be accepted.
somber mulch
personally i think its a dumb rule, that cover is ugly
mortal shard
personally i think its a dumb rule, that cover is ugly
We can't do much if the developer/publisher is actively using this as their cover art
somber mulch
i mean you could still change it its not like the website is owned by steam or whatever
mortal shard
i mean you could still change it its not like the website is owned by steam or w...
But we have guidelines for covers that we strictly follow by, regardless if the cover is good or ugly
https://github.com/twitchtv/igdb-contribution-guidelines/wiki/Cover
somber mulch
im in favor of the guidelines making exceptions then 😸
mortal shard
im in favor of the guidelines making exceptions then 😸
We can't make exceptions because if we do it for one, we're going to do for all of them and it will make things more inconsistent than it already is
Going with personal opinions for things like this does not work well
Obviously, my personal review is that this is ugly, but that's completely irrelevant if they're actively using and it's not that IGDB is not preserving the "good" cover
it is stored on the Localization section
somber mulch
I mean its weird specifically prioritizing the steam db cover when theres still the physical release switch cover
mortal shard
I mean its weird specifically prioritizing the steam db cover when theres still ...
It is the digital cover being used by Steam
If you go to your Steam client and see the game on the library, it will show the exact one we have
somber mulch
im in favor of the guidelines making exceptions then 😸
im in favor of the guidelines being changed then 😸
mortal shard
and since it is the only one being sold digitally, that has the cover art with the closest aspect ratio that we use, provided directly by the developer or publisher, is Steam. Again, there is not much we can do
But, i agree we should be able to store the covers from physical releases in an 'Alternative covers' or something, and that is on their list to do in the future